English for Life Grade 12 Learner’s Book Home Language. Lynne Southey
he has,emotionally and physically, to winning Daisy back, and the way he goes about this contributes to his downfall.
7 In the closing pages of The Great Gatsby, Nick considers Gatsby in a wider context. He links Gatsby with the class of people who were so prominent during the 1920s and 1930s. Fitzgerald attacks shallow social climbing and emotional manipulation, which only cause pain. With a decadent cynicism, the partygoers in The Great Gatsby cannot see anything beyond their own enjoyment. Gatsby’s love is frustrated by the social situation and his death symbolises the dangers of the path he chose. The Great Gatsby captures the American dream in a time when it had descended into decadence.
[Rewritten from http://classiclit.about.com/od/greatgatsbythe/fr/aa_greatgatsby.htm]
Post-reading:
1.Discuss the following questions with a partner:
a. Reread the first sentences of the first and fourth paragraphs. Are they fact or opinion? How do you know?
b. Does the reviewer summarise the story or is he/she analysing it? Support your answer.
c. From the review, what do you think Scott Fitzgerald’s purpose was in writing the novel?
d. What is your opinion of the review? Should the reviewer have given away the ending in this particular case? Give reasons for your answer.
e. Would you want to read the book if you haven’t yet after reading this review? Explain your answer.
2. Using the information in the review, write a summary of the story. Use your own words as far as possible. Do not include any opinions. Swap with your partner and discuss each other’s summaries.
A review
You have read two reviews in this cycle, one of a film and one of a novel. You should have a good idea of what a review looks like. There is no set format but the general reason for writing a review determines what it contains. For example, in a review of a new film, the reviewer will not give away the ending. In the activity below you will write a review of a book you have read.
Activity 3.9 - Writing a book review (individual)
1. You belong to a book club. Each person who reads a new book first writes a review about it to give the other members information that will help them to decide whether to read the book or not. You should give an idea of what the book is about, the setting, theme, and characters, but do not summarise the whole story or give away the ending. You should include your opinion about the writing and the content. Do not directly state that you recommend or don’t recommend the book; your readers should be able to decide for themselves from what you say. Your task is to decide what book you are going to review: it may not be a set work.
2. Write your review, using all the information you have received. Use the writing process (180-200 words; 25 marks).
Your teacher may take in the reviews for evaluation. If not, then swap with a partner and check each other’s reviews. You can all place the reviews in a file for the rest of the class to read as a resource when they are looking for a good book.
Review of Cycle 3
You can use this self-assessment checklist to review what you have learnt.
| When listening and speaking I can | |
| Take part in pair and group discussions | |
| Understand a listening text | |
| Follow in my book while my teacher reads to me | |
| When reading and viewing I can understand | |
| Biographies | |
| A poem | |
| A short story | |
| A review | |
| I can write | |
| Answers to questions | |
| A magazine article on a famous person |
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